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We are currently looking for a Senior Geotechnical Engineer, to sit within our Leeds office.
YOUR NEW ROLE, WHAT'S INVOLVED?
1. The development of professional and technically competent reports and liaison with specialists and clients, making use of efficient working practices to provide industry leading, best value services.
2. Effectively managing and delivering project work with robust project financial management.
3. Assisting in the management of team resources and allocation of appropriate project resources.
4. Managing, motivating, mentoring and developing professional staff.
5. Providing support in all aspects of project delivery including client liaison, contractors and sub consultants, public and statutory body consultation, quality control and management of specialists.
6. Site based work supervising ground investigation and construction.
WE’D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU IF YOU HAVE
1. Technical expertise in geotechnical engineering with a demonstrable understanding of the underlying principles.
2. Consultancy experience with demonstrably good commercial awareness and relationships with clients & contractors.
3. Experience in the delivery of geotechnical projects, including preparing reports to a high technical level.
4. An understanding of client requirements and the ability to influence contract specifications.
5. Excellent report-writing and client liaison skills.
6. Proven previous experience of undertaking and managing: geotechnical desk studies; designing, procuring & supervising Ground Investigations (GIs); checking Ground Investigation Reports & Geotechnical Design Reports in accordance with the requirements of Eurocode 7: Part 1.
7. Working knowledge of Eurocode 7 and UK annex design codes, ground investigation and construction contracts and specifications.
8. Familiarity and an ability to interrogate a wide range of geotechnical software for the design of civil engineering projects including deep and shallow foundations (including pile group analysis), embedded and gravity retaining walls, earthworks/slope stability and reinforced earthworks.
9. The skills to check and critically evaluate the work done by others, be it drawings, calculations or reports, and have a proven track record of doing so.
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